Lead Videographer and Editor (FTC)
Lead Videographer and Editor (FTC)
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03-09-2025
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Your mission
We are at the forefront of royal celebrity and lifestyle news. As a weekly publication we look to give our readers and viewers an experience that sets us apart. Were a brand which is part of the movement for a kinder world. For the audience the glass is not half full - its full and our content imparts that ethos in everything we produce. We know everyones time is at a premium and we want time spent with us to feel like a moment of luxury you cannot find anywhere else.
Its an exciting time as we look to massively expand our digital offering with video becoming a core focus for the group for 2025 and beyond. Our digital department has seen great success over the few years weve been running and is therefore expanding so were looking for a videographer to join us for the next few months as we ramp up our video content.
The role is on a fixed term contract with the potential to extend. You must be available for mid Sept start. We need a videographer and editor who has experience across podcasts plus all social media including snapchat twitter Instagram Facebook and YouTube.
Youll know first-hand how to craft a narrative which pulls on the right emotions but youll also be adept at interpreting briefs into stand-out and shareable content across all of our platforms. Working directly with our head of channels youll hit the ground running and be responsible for taking a brief and creating high production value content whilst equally helping us to craft stand-out campaigns for our advertisers. More importantly youll know how to shoot with a keen eye for details and craft an amazing edit that is platform specific and how to draw people in with that golden first five seconds and youve ideally created great content across different social media platforms and know instinctively what works on each.
Equally youll have adept skills with Adobe Creative Cloud and have a strong ability to craft and create motion graphics to accompany any edits we create. Youll also be very reactive capable and be able to switch your mindset at the drop of a hat for any breaking news.
For the right person we offer competitive salaries great benefits plus the chance to be on the ground floor to help us shape a department with very high ambitions.
Its an exciting time as we look to massively expand our digital offering with video becoming a core focus for the group for 2025 and beyond. Our digital department has seen great success over the few years weve been running and is therefore expanding so were looking for a videographer to join us for the next few months as we ramp up our video content.
The role is on a fixed term contract with the potential to extend. You must be available for mid Sept start. We need a videographer and editor who has experience across podcasts plus all social media including snapchat twitter Instagram Facebook and YouTube.
Youll know first-hand how to craft a narrative which pulls on the right emotions but youll also be adept at interpreting briefs into stand-out and shareable content across all of our platforms. Working directly with our head of channels youll hit the ground running and be responsible for taking a brief and creating high production value content whilst equally helping us to craft stand-out campaigns for our advertisers. More importantly youll know how to shoot with a keen eye for details and craft an amazing edit that is platform specific and how to draw people in with that golden first five seconds and youve ideally created great content across different social media platforms and know instinctively what works on each.
Equally youll have adept skills with Adobe Creative Cloud and have a strong ability to craft and create motion graphics to accompany any edits we create. Youll also be very reactive capable and be able to switch your mindset at the drop of a hat for any breaking news.
For the right person we offer competitive salaries great benefits plus the chance to be on the ground floor to help us shape a department with very high ambitions.
Key Responsibilities
- Be the go-to for in-house shoots ensuring shot decisions lighting and sound are on point.
- Look after all the camera equipment and ensure youre on top of industry changes when it comes to cameras and post-production.
- Be on hand to jump into our in-house studio to create and edit podcasts plus pitch editorial ideas to live across and our social networks.
- Assist and guide the more junior members of the video team with ideation and best practices.
- Be the go-to member of the department for shoots and assist junior members with best in practice when it comes to filming codecs and use of filming equipment.
- Edit a wide range of videos and formats across our social platforms so knowing your social and online video formats is essential.
- Work with publishing editors to identify trends stories and create original edits utilising stock and online imagery.
- Quickly assemble edits and implement notes from the head of channels.
- Proactively experiment with different versions of an edit exploring multiple directions.
- Select music and edit sound beds.
- Stay organised and be the guardian for all finalised video assets and ensure they are stored correctly within our servers with the accompanying correct metadata and ensure subtitling is turned around quickly and correctly.
- Help to lead the creative process with the HOC contribute ideas and creative solutions where relevant and be across industry trends.
- Be the leader when it comes to editing workflow innovations and ensure you are following the best procedure and workflow so you can communicate this to team members.
- Be the go-to for the teams technical editing requirements.
- Basic audio mixing capabilities podcast editing is essential as youll be working across our portfolio of podcasts.
- Lead the design and creative on graphic templates for our recurring series.
- Working the odd weekend and evening when the need arises.
Your profile
- You know how to work a camera light an interview and know youre ISOs from your shutter speeds.
- Youre not afraid to lead from the front and contribute new ideas.
- Youre incredibly organised and take pride in looking at the finer details.
- Youre passionate about editing and crafting a narrative.
- Youre looking to make a mark and help us grow into our next iteration as the video and online team expand.
- You are an active listener and you love teamwork and collaboration.
- Youre not precious and can take feedback well even if an idea ends-up on the cutting room floor.
- Youre creative youre curious and youre constantly learning and evolving. Youll bring an idea to the table but know how to execute it.
- You should have an amazing view of digital and social video as well as being adept at narrative creation.
- You know how to manage your time well.
- High production value within a narrative is part of your DNA.
- Changes in production plans and schedules dont faze you.
- You work well independently and equally with a team.
- You have great communication skills and youre able to give and receive feedback in a tight-knit team environment.
- You are proactive in your approach.
- Youre adept at short form but know how to create compelling longer form content.
- You are very social media savvy and keep up with what content is king across multiple networks.
- Youve created successful content across social media which has brought in the views.
- You have experience editing podcasts .
Experience
- You have 4 years experience working in a fast-paced professional setting online editorial preferred.
- Youre advanced level using Adobe Creative Cloud apps but an expert in Premiere Pro great with Photoshop and you have a solid grasp of After Effects and Audition.
- Knowledge of the latest digital workflows including digital media codecs frame rates image types and resolutions.
- Expert knowledge of all social media and digital video platforms.
- You follow workflow guidelines and naming conventions and can suggest better ways of using workflow.
- Understanding of usage and clearance requirements for music images and footage.
- You have an understanding of colour correction using Premiere Pro/ Da Vinci.
- Youve worked in a fast turnaround environment be that in a digital publisher or agency.
- You are well organised you can manage your own time effectively and quote accurately how long a piece of work will take you.
- Youre a phenomenal communicator and you always keep stakeholders informed during your works progress.
Qualifications
- Film or production degree would be desirable
- Premier Pro/ After Effects native but with DaVinci experience.
- Solid portfolio of shoots and camera work including beauty and editorial pieces and social media cut downs
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave per year (for full time employees)
- 1 birthday day per year
- Private Medical Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance currently 6 x salary
- Generous Employer Pension contributions
About us
MISSION STATEMENT
To influence and inspire with relevant exclusive and entertaining content in a positive celebratory and kind environment via stringent editorial integrity.
History of Hello
HELLO! is a market-leading lifestyle and celebrity publication known for its positive and celebratory reporting and unrivalled showbiz exclusives which have been entertaining audiences since 1988.
Over the years its digital brand has transformed from a small legacy publishing site into an influential global website.
HELLO! is part of the HOLA group who launched HOLA! magazine in Barcelona in 1944. The husband and wife team of Antonio Snchez Gmez and Mercedes Junco Caldern launched the publication with the aim of adding some sparkle to their readers lives. Always positiveHOLA! and HELLO! continue to remain true to the guiding principles of a new type of journalism - always positive highly visual and celebratory allowing readers a moment of escape into the worlds of the rich and famous to inspire brighten and entertain.
With offices in London New York and Toronto HELLO! Magazine is now a 24-hour global website with unique user experiences in our three main audience territories of the UK US and Canada.
Our readership is more global than that however with audiences also visiting the site from Australia India Europe and all other parts of the world.
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